posted on Dec, 24 2004 @ 04:54 PM
I believe I have the answer.
Yes, both Hitler appears and then Bush about 2.5 seconds later, but I'm not sure if the Wachowski's intended it to be taken this fashion.
I won't go into the uncanny similarities (for better or worse) between the actions of the German Chansellor and the American President (I know
feelings run high on this subject), but the clip also features Osama Bin Laden with an AK47 and several others (including former president G.W.H.
Bush, along with atomic explosions, mass graves, etc.
I personally feel that the clip was intended to play into the hands of "conspiracy theories". Each character (clearly) shown has bizarre
conspiracies associated with them.
What I believe is being said here; is that none of these people or events were "real". But mere re-modellings of reality to "more acurately reflect
the varying grotesqueries of human nature"... part of the Matrix that had been reprogrammed to deal with the "imperfection inherent in every human
being" (as the Architect describes it.)
What is this "imperfection"?
Choice.
Chansellor Hitler was elected (fairly and squarely) by a landslide in both 1923 and 1933. Even after the terror attacks on his Reichstag, and the
passing of the "enabling act" to deal with it (not "patriot act"), he steadily transformed Germany into a dictatorship.
EVEN THEN, he enjoyed unpresidented support from almost all Germans (44% in favour of complete totalitarian control).
Thus, Choice is not always a good thing,
And yet it is the fundamental principle of democracy.
This is the paradox which has no solution, a problem "despite my best attempts I have been unable to eliminate" (Architect)
~Rog.
[edit on 24-12-2004 by thefrajer]
[edit on 24-12-2004 by thefrajer]